ἐπικέρδια
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
τά,
A profit on traffic or business, Hdt.4.152, Philostr.VS2.21.2.
German (Pape)
[Seite 948] τά, Handelsgewinn, v. l. für ἐπικέρδεια. Bei Her. 4, 152, τὴν δεκάτην τῶν ἐπικερδίων ἐξελόντες, ist die v. l. ἐπικερδέων.